Graphical representation of financial information
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to cause a computer to perform acts of:
- relating a plurality of financial items by a tree having a height of at least two, the plurality of financial items comprising a financial item that is a root node of the tree, the plurality of financial items further comprising at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree;
determining which of a plurality of arrangements of the plurality of financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a first plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the plurality of financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the plurality of arrangements considered in said determining is limited by prohibiting a plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and a plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; and
displaying, using a display device, a planar depiction of the tree in which the plurality of financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and the plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree.
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Abstract
A tree having a height of at least two relates a plurality of financial items. A computer determines which of a plurality of arrangements of the financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a plurality of similarity values between pairs of the financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the arrangements are limited by prohibiting cyclic-equivalent sequences and reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging at least three financial items that are children of a financial item that is the root node in the tree. A display device displays a planar depiction of the tree in which the financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the cyclic-equivalent sequences and the reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree.
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program to cause a computer to perform acts of:
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relating a plurality of financial items by a tree having a height of at least two, the plurality of financial items comprising a financial item that is a root node of the tree, the plurality of financial items further comprising at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; determining which of a plurality of arrangements of the plurality of financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a first plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the plurality of financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the plurality of arrangements considered in said determining is limited by prohibiting a plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and a plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; and displaying, using a display device, a planar depiction of the tree in which the plurality of financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and the plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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relating a plurality of financial items by a tree having a height of at least two, the plurality of financial items comprising a financial item that is a root node of the tree, the plurality of financial items further comprising at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; determining, by a computer programmed to perform same, which of a plurality of arrangements of the plurality of financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a first plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the plurality of financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the plurality of arrangements considered in said determining is limited by prohibiting a plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and a plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; and displaying, using a display device, a planar depiction of the tree in which the plurality of financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and the plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising:
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a display device; and at least one computer programmed to perform acts of; relating a plurality of financial items by a tree having a height of at least two, the plurality of financial items comprising a financial item that is a root node of the tree, the plurality of financial items further comprising at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; determining which of a plurality of arrangements of the plurality of financial items in the tree is an optimal arrangement that has an optimum value of a function of a first plurality of similarity values between a respective plurality of pairs of the plurality of financial items at each non-zero level of the tree, wherein the plurality of arrangements considered in said determining is limited by prohibiting a plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and a plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree; and outputting a signal to cause the display device to display a planar depiction of the tree in which the plurality of financial items are arranged according to the optimal arrangement that prohibits the plurality of cyclic-equivalent sequences and the plurality of reverse-cyclic-equivalent sequences for arranging the at least three financial items that are children of the financial item that is the root node in the tree. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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